Tiger trainer and showman Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage aka Joe Exotic is currently serving a long stretch in prison on a murder-for-hire case involving targeting animal welfare activist Carole Baskin and animal cruelty at his exotic animal theme park in Oklahoma. Both were featured in a recent Netflix documentary, now re-examined in the series dramatisation Joe vs Carole with Kyle MacLachlan and Kate McKinnon as the Baskins. MacLachlan shared with What She Said’ Anne Brodie his thoughts on the case, the series’ insights and the plight of captive wild animals.
Joe VS Carole, debuts March 23 on Showcase and streams live and on-demand with STACK TV and the Global app.